Iraqi Police Say More Than 600 Killed in Baghdad Stampede

Iraqi police say more than 600 people have been killed in a stampede that broke out Wednesday, near a Shi'ite shrine in Baghdad.

Authorities say some 200 others were injured in the stampede that erupted on a Tigris River bridge when thousands of panicked pilgrims crushed a railing and plunged into the river after a rumor spread that a suicide bomber was in the crowd.

Officials say bodies are still being recovered from the river and that the final death toll could rise.